§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the various statutory inducements his Department can make available to firms locating in special development areas.
§ Mr. CryerThe incentives in special development areas are regional development grants of 22 per cent: towards the cost of qualifying expenditure on buildings, works, plant and machinery; regional selective assistance, including grants towards removal expenses for projects moving from outside the assisted areas; assistance for new service industry projects with a genuine choice of location; and, in appropriate cases, Government factories with an initial rent-free period. In Scotland and Wales, factories are provided by the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies respectively.